Bombus ignitus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Bombus ignitus is a species of bumblebee in the family Apidae. It is mainly distributed in Eastern Asia, commonly found in China, Japan and Korea. It is used in China and Japan commercially as a pollinator. B. ignitus is a eusocial insect with a queen that is monandrous: mating with only one male in the late summer before hibernating until the following spring. It builds its nest out of a mass of pollen and lays its eggs after completion. Due to numerous conflicts between queens and fertile workers, some surviving queens are badly injured, described by some as living corpses.
Bombus ignitus is part of the order Hymenoptera, which is the third largest order of insects. It is a member of the family Apidae, consisting of bees, and the subfamily Apinae, which contains the majority of species within Apidae. The subfamily Apinae consists of 14 tribes, including the tribe Bombini, which B. ignitus is a part of. Bombini contains a single living genus Bombus. B. ignitus can be further classified into the subgenus Bombus sensu stricto, or Bombus in the sense of the original author.
The species name ignitus is a Latin adjective, meaning "containing fire." Bombus... Wikipedia →
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Fiery-Tailed Bumble Bee sighting in Beijing on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 184th most-seen of the 401 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June, August and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Fiery-Tailed Bumble Bee in Beijing on a given day, against under 5% in July, September and November–May, the lowest months. Those are among Beijing's wettest months, with about 75 mm of rain a month against almost none in January.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Fiery-Tailed Bumble Bee sightings, Beijing ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Seoul (South Korea, about 10%).
Same family: Apidae
The closest relatives of the Fiery-Tailed Bumble Bee that you can see in Beijing (family Apidae, Honey Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies) are Asian Honey Bee (about 20%), Appendiculate Carpenter Bee (about 10%) and Bronze-Winged Bamboo-Carpenter (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Fiery-Tailed Bumble Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Beijing (12 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
